Underinflated tyres can mean your engine works harder and burns more fuel.
How to use a digital tyre inflator
Naomi Schiff shows how you can check and correct your tyre pressure using a digital tyre inflator to keep you safe on the road and help you save fuel.
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Did you come to one of our pop-up events?
Together with Kwik Fit, we toured the country during October to help UK motorists check and adjust their tyre pressure. During the two-week activation there were free tyre checks offered at 25 Esso sites, with 1,263 car checks done and 3,842 tyres inflations completed!
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Tyre Inflator competition
- This promotion is open to all Nectar card holders resident in the United Kingdom who make a Qualifying Purchase between 00.01 on 5 October 2023 and 23:59 on 13 Feb 2024.
- To enter the promotion, simply make a Qualifying Purchase by buying 1 litre or more of fuel or no less than the minimum delivery amount at the site in one transaction at participating Esso branded stations that accept the Nectar card (excludes Northern Ireland and Tesco Alliance sites) and present your Nectar card at the time of payment. Alternatively, pay for your Qualifying Purchase using the Esso App at Esso sites participating in the Nectar scheme. For Esso App purchases the Nectar card must be added to the Esso App account prior to the transaction.
- 2.1 To be eligible to participate Nectar collectors must be opted in to receive Marketing communications from Nectar, or have selected to enter via the Nectar app, and must have a valid Email contact registered to the Nectar account.
- The prize available is a digital portable tyre inflator and 5000 bonus Nectar loyalty points, and will only be awarded to the registered account holder of the Nectar card presented at the time of the Qualifying Purchase.
- Winners will be chosen by computer algorithm to award an average of 50 prizes per day of the campaign.
- Winners will be notified that they have won by Email from the loyalty partner. An Email notification will be sent to winners within 14 days of the Qualifying Purchase to the Email address held by the Nectar card scheme.
- The notification Email will detail how to claim the Bonus loyalty points and tyre inflators. Portable tyre inflators will be sent out to all winners within 28 days after the competition has ended, or 45 days after the winner has provided their details (whichever is the later). If the winner has not provided their details to claim their portable tyre inflator prize within four weeks of the email been sent the portable tyre inflator element of the prize will be deemed to have been forfeited and the Promoter may use the prize for other purposes at their discretion.
- Bonus loyalty points are non-transferable and there are no cash or prize alternatives available. Your statutory rights are not affected.
- In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the Promoter reserves the right to offer alternative prizes of equal or greater value.
- Esso will not publish any personal information about the winners.
- Participants in this promotion should ensure that their Nectar card is registered and includes current Email address details.
- One entry per Qualifying Purchase.
- Acceptance of these terms and conditions is a condition of entry. Nectar terms and conditions are available at https://www.nectar.com/about/privacy-and-legal/terms-of-use also apply to this promotion and the use of the Nectar card.
- The Promoter’s decision is binding and final on all matters relating to this promotion and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The Promoter is Esso Petroleum Company, Limited.
- The Promoter reserves the right to cancel, suspend or change the promotion at any stage where it becomes necessary to do so (including, but not limited to suspension arising out of non-availability of the Esso App or technical failure generally or at a particular site). For the avoidance of doubt, cancellation, termination or suspension by the Promoter of this promotion shall not entitle an entrant to any claim or compensation from the Promoter or any ExxonMobil group companies for any and all losses or damage suffered or incurred by an entrant as a direct or indirect result.
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Fuel saving may vary depending on factors such as the level of PSI underinflation, type of fuel used, cost of fuel, and/or annual mileage. For details on how the calculations were done, please see this table.
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Data |
Petrol |
Diesel |
Petrol |
Diesel |
Petrol |
Diesel |
Petrol |
Diesel |
Data source |
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basis for amount of PSI under optimal tyre pressure based on roadshow findings |
15 |
15 |
12 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
Data from Esso / Kwik Fit and Michelin October 2022 roadshow activations showed 71% of drivers were more than 4 PSI under the optimal pressure - broken down as: 23% of cars we assessed had very dangerous pressures (-15 psi); 28% of cars we assessed had dangerous pressures (-8 to -12 psi); 20% of cars we assessed had temporarily acceptable pressures (-4 to -7 psi) |
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percentage of fuel economy lost |
7.50% |
7.50% |
6% |
6% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
Tyresafe estimates 3% loss of fuel economy per 6 PSI under optimal pressure |
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average fuel economy (mpg) |
36 |
43 |
36 |
43 |
36 |
43 |
36 |
43 |
Average MPG for Cars UK (2023) sourced data from Spritmonitor based on telematics from 800k UK drivers |
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average annual consumer mileage (UK) |
6300 |
9400 |
6300 |
9400 |
6300 |
9400 |
6300 |
9400 |
Average Cost of Petrol for a Car 2023 with data sourced from Welcome to GOV.UK and the Department for Transport based on 2019 MOT data |
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Gallons > Litres = 4.54609 |
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estimated annual fuel litre saving of correctly-inflated tyres litre saving of correctly-inflated tyres |
60 |
75 |
48 |
60 |
32 |
40 |
24 |
30 |